Harness-girth



(No Model.)

I W. S. THAYER.

HARNESS GIRTH.

N0. 403,004. Patented May '7, 1889.

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UNi-T ED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IVI'LLIAM S. TIIAYER, OF OIVEGO, NEV YORK.

' HARNESS-GIRTH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 403,004, dated May 7, 1889.

Application filed February 12, 1889. Serial No. 299,643. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM S. THAYER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Owego, in the county of Tioga and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Single Harness Girths; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the an- [o nexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in harness-girths, and

the novelty resides in the peculiarities of construction and in the combinations, arrangement, and adaptation of parts, all as more fully hereinafter described, shown in the drawings, and then particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

The object of the invention is to form and apply a buckle to a sin gle-harness girth below the buckles on each end of said girth, to which all the diiferent styles of shaft-tugs can be readily attached or connected,.thereby dispensing with the use of one girth.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this specification, and in which 3 5 end of the girth with the combination-buckle attached. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the long-heel buckle detached and showing the roller crossbar.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates a portion of the gig-saddle of known construction, to which is attached the strap B, which is buckled at its lower end to the buckle a, attached to the shaft-tugO,

that is designed to support the shafts. In Fig. 2 this shaft-tug is shown as provided with a metallic loop or ring, b, to which the strap D is connected; but in Fig. 1 I have shown this shaft-tug without the loop I).

E is the girth, to the upper end of which is secured the buckle c in any well-known man ner. This buckle receives the end of the strap 6, attached at its upper end to the gigsaddle.

To the girth E, a short distance below the attachment of the buckle c, is what I term a long-heel buckle, f, which is pivotally secured to said girth and of such a length that it will extend to or nearly to the end of the said buckle c, as shown. This buckle f receives the end of the strap D in Fig. 2, and in Fig. 1 it receives both ends of said strap,

'which, instead of being attached at one end to the shaft-tug G or the ring thereon, is wrapped around the shaft, as shown in said Fig. 1. The long-heel buckle is formed with a guard-loop, g, and at its lower end is bent, as shown, so as to bring its upper end away from the buckle 0.

Instead of forming the cross-loop g as shown in Fig. 3, I preferably form it as shown in Fig. 4, in which the guard-loop is provided with a roller loosely sleeved thereon. This allows the strap to be placed under and withdrawn much easier than the fiat loop would, and at the same time lessens the wear on the strap. The buckle 0 receives the strap D in Fig. 2 below the roller-loop, and the strap shown in the other figure is retained in place in the same manner, thereby saving the labor and expense of fitting, seaming, and finishing four leather loops required to retain the four straps formerly used to connect the two girths generally in use on single harness.

What I claim as new is- 1. The combination, with the girth and the buckle 0, attached to one end thereof, of the long-heel buckle f, having its lower end bent inward and pivotally attached to said girth below the point of attachment of the buckle c and extended to the outer end of said buckle, substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination, with the girth and the buckle 0, attached to one end thereof, of In testimony that I claim the above I have 10 the long-heel buckle f, having its lower end hereunto subscribed my name in the presence bent inwardly and pivotally attached to said of two witnesses. girth below the point of attachment of the 5 buckle c and extending to the outer end of WILLIAM S. THAYER.

the said buckle, and provided between its tongue and the lower end with a cross-bar Witnesses: and roller-guard, substantially as shown and OTIS S. BEACH, described. LOUIE D. HYDE. 

